I just bought a used Makita Planner, Model 2040, I am having trouble raising or lowering the deck, after a lot of work and oil I go the deck to drop a couple of inches, stuck again, I started removing the head to get to the cylinders and hopefully cleaning will help, ANY SUGGESTIONS?

I had a 2030 once. Same problem. You’ll have to take the wholething apart, clean and lubricate the parts. I think it moves up and down onbronze bushings and the tolerances are pretty tight, making it an accuratemachine but also prone to freezing up like this.

I didn’t do the take-apart actually. I saw what I was getting into (I’dbought it in frozen condition) and sold it to a guy who knew about themachines and was motivated to do the work.